Baggies expect Wood to join Leicester

West Brom have confirmed striker Chris Wood is set to join npower Championship promotion-chasers Leicester - in a deal believed to be worth £1.25 million.

Wood has returned to the Hawthorns after a successful loan spell at Millwall and Baggies assistant coach Keith Downing expects the move to Leicester to be finalised when the January window opens.

The 21-year-old is down the pecking order at Albion behind the likes of Shane Long, Romelu Lukaku, Peter Odemwingie and Marc-Antoine Fortune.

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